# Crownshold and Bastion ## Category Capital Region / Royal Seat / Major [[Solland]] Urban Centre ## Known Facts - [[Crownshold]] is the king’s location within [[Solland]], within [[Bastion]]. - [[Bastion]] has curfew conditions. - Movement through [[Bastion]] can be controlled, with guided groups moving under guard. - Certain wealthy or exempt establishments continue to operate under curfew. - The [[Golden Swan Club]] is located in the [[Gilded Plaza]]. - The [[Menagerie Gardens]] are near the [[Crownshold|Crownhold]]. - The [[Menagerie Gardens]] are a grand attraction with hedges, rose bushes, ivy arches, and tourists. - The [[Menagerie Gardens]] were found to contain spores from the rot. - Beneath the [[Crownshold|Crownhold]] wall is a cave believed to be a burial place for workers and slaves who died building the [[Crownshold|Crownhold]]. - Vines from the rot were found creeping up the stonework of the [[Crownshold|Crownhold]] itself. - A pristine white flower was discovered there. - Wherever the flower blooms, the rot withers and dies around it. - Ryla said this was the only known place in all afflicted areas where such a flower had appeared. - [[Solland]] called Ryla and others there because of the flower. - Elarisian diplomats also claimed interest in the discovery. ## Known By - Full party, increasingly - Ryla - [[Mealla Glynn|Mealla]] - [[Solland]] officials - Elarisian diplomats - Crownsguard - [[Talador Devell]] - Possibly the king or [[Crownshold|Crownhold]] authorities ## Important Connected Sites - [[Crownshold]] - [[Bastion]] - [[Menagerie Gardens]] - [[Crownshold|Crownhold]] wall cave - [[Golden Swan Club]] - [[Gilded Plaza]] - [[Elarisian Embassy]], likely nearby or within [[Bastion]] ## Associated Factions - [[Solland]] monarchy - Crownsguard - Elarisian diplomats - Ryla’s group / blight investigators - [[House Devell]] - [[The Lightkeepers]], indirectly ## Associated Characters - [[Mealla Glynn|Mealla]] - [[Ryla Vein]] - [[Raphius Sunward|Raphius]] - [[Elena]] - [[Persephone Amoransia Damnari|Persephone]] - [[Pipe]] - [[Talador Devell]] - [[Lineage of the Veiled Kin/07 - Characters/07b - Antagonists and Unknown Alignment/Boristov Sokah|Boristov Sokah]] - Elarisian diplomat - Crownsguard - The King, indirectly ## Connected To - [[Solland]] - The King - [[The Blight]] - [[White Flower - Blight Bloom|Blight Bloom]] / white flower - [[Menagerie Gardens]] - [[Lineage of the Veiled Kin/05 - Nations & Regions/Elaris]] - Sovereignty dispute - Crownsguard - Curfew - Talador’s coup - Political instability ## Open Questions - What is happening inside [[Crownshold|Crownhold]]? - Does the king know about the rot and the flower? - Why is the cave beneath the [[Crownshold|Crownhold]] connected to worker/slave burials? - Is the rot targeting the [[Crownshold|Crownhold]]? - What is the white flower? - Why does it kill or repel the rot? - Does [[Lineage of the Veiled Kin/05 - Nations & Regions/Elaris]] have a rightful claim to it? - Is the flower unique? - Can it be moved, grown, protected, or weaponised? - Is the [[White Flower - Blight Bloom|Blight Bloom]] connected to [[Mealla Glynn|Mealla]]? ## Sessions 49-55 Crisis - The rot infestation beneath the Crownhold is no longer contained by the [[Lineage of the Veiled Kin/09 - Items, Artifacts & Documents/Rose of Igoda]]. - The Crown Guard and political institutions are compromised by [[House Postar]], bribery and brain-like parasites. - The official public explanation for the explosions in the Menagerie is a training exercise. - The party’s rescue of Elena from Ironmarch Jail triggered a city-wide lockdown and search. ## Session 56 Update - The party successfully escaped Bastion through the ancient sewer outfall and an underground river. - They emerged north-north-east of the city and moved away from the road to avoid patrols. - The party remain fugitives and [[Talador Devell]] remains under house arrest. - The crisis beneath the [[Crownshold|Crownhold]] remains unresolved; explosions from the [[Menagerie Gardens]] could still be heard after the party left the walls. ## Session 57 Update - [[Talador Devell]] confirmed that [[Lineage of the Veiled Kin/07 - Characters/07b - Antagonists and Unknown Alignment/Boristov Sokah|Boristov Sokah]] has left Bastion, although his destination remains unconfirmed. - Talador reported that explosions and other magic being used against [[The Blight]] have intensified. - The party remain outside the walls and still cannot safely determine how many Crown Guard or officials may be compromised by [[Xor]] and [[Brain-like Parasites]].